Because they were never put through all the hoops you have to do to make
a car road legal here: crash tested, emissions requirements, etc
I remember reading about the decision not to sell the MGF in North America
and the extra engineering was a major reason.
Skye
Word on the street is that Paul Hunt said:
> Why not? There are several factory V8s in North America.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>
> To: MG Nuts <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 11:00 PM
> Subject: Re: BMW commits? and is a new MG what we need?
>
>
> > Word on the street is that Spunky6686@aol.com said:
> > > No comment but I have a question. Does anyone in the US sell the MGF I
> so
> > > what type of dealer and what part of the country?
> >
> > You cannot buy the MGF or the RV8 in North America.
> >
> > Well, I suppose you could buy one, but you could never put it on a public
> > road...
> >
> > Skye
> >
> > --
> > 1966 MGB - GHN3L Safety Fast! __,__\__
> > The MGB Experience http://www.mgb.bc.ca/ (_o____o_)
> >
>
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